The WISD Culinary Arts Crew competed in the North Texas Chopped competition held Friday, May 16, in Mansfield..

Competing against eight other teams, the crew had to prepare an appetizer, entrée and dessert from a “mystery basket” of ingredients. Teams were judged on appearance, creativity, taste and overall presentation.

The school competition is based on the wildly popular Food Network reality TV show, Chopped. In the show, each week four chefs compete before a panel of expert judges and turn baskets of mystery ingredients into an extraordinary three-course meal, such as the students in their competition last week. Course by course, the chefs will be “chopped” from the competition until only one winner remains.

Congratulations to the team of Bailee Weeks and Ellie Mancilla who were crowned “Chopped” champions and to Michael Durbin and Jordan Schumacher, who also competed at the event. The students are coached by Chef Rob Richards and Melissa Rushing.

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